Just to add the t420 line is going around 3 to 400 online. The dell precision m4600 run high 5 to 700. On Jan 2, 2015 4:42 PM, "Michael Butler" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am also on the market for the same thing. In a "money is no object" > world I'd just get a Dell Developer Edition. They are very good looking > machines. But at $1500, not going to happen for me. > > But I have been searching the 3 to 4 year old thinkpads like the > t420/420s. And dell precision refurbs would probably be a easy linux > install too. They appear to be all intel cpu wifi and nvidia graphis and > the m4600 can go to 32gb ram. > On Jan 2, 2015 4:14 PM, "Jack Coats" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My Lenovo T61 finally gave up the ghost this morning. About 8:30AM, >> processor died, seemed to take out memory management, or whatever. I >> purchased it used from Howard, and have used it for several years. And >> have no issues with it. Not fancy, just rugged enough for me and >> functional to the limit. May it now RIP. >> >> I have been running Mint 1 LTE, and hardware was upgraded to 8G RAM, >> 1T hard drive. >> >> Enough mourning old laptops. ... Onward... >> >> What is the current recommendation for a pretty good laptop these >> days? I'd love an Alienware with 16G and I7 processor, but I also >> want to stay on this side of the poor house. It also must pass the >> SWMBO test. I'd like to have USB3 available. >> >> Suggestions? >> >> (My linux desktop has been out for a year or so, and I am using a Win >> 8.1x64 desktop now. It does PLEX for my TV OK.) >> >> I hope everyone had some great holidays, and new year! >> >> ><> ... Jack >> >> "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart"... Colossians 3:23 >> "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - >> Albert Einstein >> "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." - >> Admiral Grace Hopper, USN >> "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I >> learn." - Ben Franklin >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
